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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1941
Page
5
Religious and fraternal notices list sessions at Reformed Presbyterian and First Baptist churches, Young People conferences, women's and missionary societies, boards, and class meetings. Highlights include Synod plans, New Wilmington conference, and various local group gatherings with dates, times, and hosts.
A sweeping social page notes Princeton Station and surrounding communities hosting and visiting relatives and friends. People from New Castle, Harlansburg, Castlewood, Kennedy’s Mills, and beyond gathered for family meals, church events, and weekend visits with many from the Young, Myers, Forbes, Wiles, and Henry families. The item closes with a historical line: the United States more than doubled its population during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.
M Smuvran, a rupture shield expert associated with Chicano, touts the Zoeric Shield as a dramatic improvement over prior methods. He claims immediate results with no straps, no medicines, and no medical treatments, promising full closure in ten days regardless of body position or effort. He invites consultation at 505 W Artesian Ave and references a large incisional hernia patient.
St Michael's church held a Sunday eve celebration for its parish fathers and pastor Rev Fr William M Pisarcik marking his fifth priesthood anniversary. A banquet in the parish hall followed with gifts, speeches by Rev Fr Edward Szelong and Rev Fr Joseph Abbate, music by Anna Lucis, and a school chorus finale.
News notes list moves and visits among West Terrace Mirron Street to Hileman Apartments and Warren avenues. Clyde and family greetings flow from East Main Street to Pittsburgh. several individuals travel to New York, Cleveland, Youngstown, and Washington, D C while others recover from illness or attend relatives’ homes.
Miss Wilda Stewart leaves for West Penn hospital to take a nurses training course and will return to Westminster College in the fall. Dr J W Neyman departs for Chicago to visit former pastorate friends and his daughter Mrs Paul Clark. Mrs William Harris and Mrs George Wardell and families return home after a weekend visit. St Barnabas House 14th anniversary service held at the North Hast home. Mr BE Reid plans summer at Rock Hill and Pitt for a master's degree.
Lester Lebo of this city was awarded his doctor of medicine degree at the 204th convocation of the University of Chicago in Chicago. He studied at Rush Graduate School of Medicine and was among 60 to receive the MD. Lebo earned his bachelor of science degree from the Chicago school in 1938. Under the quarter system Chicago holds four convocation events each year.
Pittsburgh's truck strike stalls into its third week as the dispute eyes the national defense mediation board this week. A stolen Trans-American Freight Line trailer was found dumped into the Allegheny River near Twenty Seventh Street after an attempted salvage. no settlement reached on wage demands by AFLE astronauts and 179 Western Pennsylvania operators remain unmoved.
Stout executive John J. Finnessy praised the turnout for the Lae the Fling Day parade in New Castle. Scouts from outlying districts Carbon No. 37 Ellwood City New Wilmington Volant and the Emergency Service Corps of Ellwood joined the event despite heavy rain.
Members of the Y W C A finance committee will meet Tuesday at seven oclock to formulate the budget for the Community Chest. Miss Marguerite D White, general secretary of the Y W G A, left for Chicago to study for a month at George Williams College for Social Workers in informal education and administration.
Mr and Mrs Angelo DeCarbo announce the arrival of a son at New Castle Hospital today. The couple reside at 808 Harrison Street.
Members of the Plaingrove Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will gather Wednesday evening at the U P church. Professor Frank L. Burton of New Castle will be the speaker.
The piece critiques White House and Congress reluctance to curb labor excesses amid a defensive strike dispute. It notes Vice President Wallace hosting CIO leader Philip Murray while Murray backs Harry Bridges, who faces deportation efforts. It cites Knox calling Communist strike leaders enemies, and tensions over Murray’s role on the mediation board.
The text criticizes fundraising linked to political action, arguing that supporting figures who oppose deportations or defend labor strikes while denouncing Communism reveals a phony, divided stance between administration lines and labor readers. It cites Mr Murray Mr Bridges and Mr Wallace at lunch amid anti-defense strike debates, questioning candor and alignment with government policy.
Reading excerpts on Latin Americans and US views, the piece sparsely mentions education commissioner Studebaker and Silver Thimble Girls of a 4 H club meeting at Pleasant Hill Grenze. A hot pat holder demonstration by Lois Brenneman is noted with sock damming and color advice by Mrs. Taylor. Future meeting planned for June 20 with grange hall. Turkey’s shift toward Germany as a market is briefly touched.
The Moor Corps of the Lawrence County Chapter Red Cross met Friday at the Chapter House. Chairman Harry J. Cullford presented first aid certificates to eighteen members. Plans for fall Home Nursing and Mechanical courses were outlined along with infantry drill and convoy signal work supervised by Lt. Col. Fulton Jackson. A sample of the new Motor Corps uniform was shown and officially adopted, with each member receiving an emergency first aid pin and a two unit fin.
Irene Franklin Penkin formerly of Broadway died at Englewood hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. She had lived in retirement in New York and last year entered the Actors Fund Home in Englewood where she suffered a stroke. Funeral plans were expected today.
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